GAZA STRIP (MEMO) – Over 40 percent of Gazans are now severely food insecure, which means that they are regularly going a day without food, UNRWA has affirmed in a new report, The Palestinian Information Center reports. “After 16 years of a land, air and sea blockade, life in Gaza has become increasingly dire,” UNRWA said. “The situation has been compounded by repeated cycles of hostilities, heightened tensions and violence, political instability and the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, these factors have destabilized the lives of individuals and communities and have further increased the hardships they are facing.